The history of higher education in Thailand : confronting challenges / / Penpisoot Kwan Maitrarat, Roger Openshaw, Margaret Walshaw

• Autore: Maitrarat Penpisoot Kwan
• Pubblicazione: Cham, Switzerland : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , [2021]; ©2021
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (227 pages)
• Disciplina: 378.593
• Soggetto topico: Education, Higher - Thailand; Educació superior; Política educativa
• Soggetto geografico: Tailàndia
• Soggetto genere / forma: Llibres electrònics
• Persona (resp. second.): OpenshawRoger; WalshawMargaret
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Series Preface -- References -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- List of Tables -- 1: Introduction: "…A Kind of Noveau Export Commodity" (Luke, 2005) -- Overview -- Context -- Thai Higher Education and the West -- Thai Higher Education Today -- Purpose -- Sources -- Discourse and Truth -- Policy Borrowing -- Chapter Overview -- References -- 2: "…Giving Them New Knowledge" (Interviewee) -- Introduction -- Traditional Thai Education -- Importing European Models -- The 1932 Revolution and Its Aftermath -- The Potential of Education -- Establishing New Universities -- The Limits of Education Reform -- The Beginning of American Domination, 1945-1970 -- UNESCO and Its Contribution to the Donor-Recipient Order -- Summing Up -- References -- 3: "… In Accordance with the Manpower Needs of the Country" (Nimmapheminda, 1970) -- Introduction -- The First Development Plan (1961-1966) -- The Second National Economic and Social Development Plan (1967-1971) -- The Privatisation of Higher Education -- The Third National Economic and Social Development Plan (1972-1976) -- The Establishment of the Ministry of University Affairs -- Unprecedented Expansion of Higher Education -- The Introduction of Open Access Universities -- Consequences: The Students' Revolutions 1973 and 1976 -- The Fourth National Economic and Social Development Plan (1977-1981) -- The Fifth National Economic and Social Development Plan (1982-1986) -- The Sixth National Economic and Social Development Plan (1987-1991) -- Summing Up -- References -- 4: "…A Volatile Context for Policy Change" (Lao, 2015) -- Introduction -- The First Long Range Plan on Higher Education (1990-2004) -- The National Education Act 1999 -- Diversifying Operations -- The Introduction of Performance-Based Assessment -- Autonomous Institutions? -- The Second Long Range Plan on Higher Education (2008-2022). ; (a) Expanding Higher Education -- (b) The Push to Enhance Quality -- Promoting Research? -- Financial Contraction -- Towards Internationalisation -- Summing Up -- References -- 5: "…Fundamentally the Wrong Medicine" (Sydney Morning Herald, 2010) -- Introduction -- The Contemporary Context -- Administrative Efficiency: The New Truth -- Growth and Changing Organisational Practices -- The Commercialisation of Higher Education -- Internationalisation, Power, and Knowledge -- Modernity and Tradition -- Political Inconsistencies -- Democratic Provision: An Unrealised Goal? -- The Decentralisation of Universities -- The Problem of 'Over-Democracy' -- Budgetary Inconsistencies -- Graduate 'Over-Supply' -- The Debate Over Values -- Commercialisation -- Academic Inflation -- Quality and Standards -- Performance-based Assessment -- Surveillance and Regulation -- The Dominance of Teaching -- Corruption -- Research Difficulties -- Four Major Issues -- Summing Up -- References -- 6: "…An Obsession Towards the Culture of Borrowing" (Lao, 2015) -- Introduction -- The Higher Education Environment and COVID-19 -- Enhancing Effectiveness -- Hierarchies Within the Civil Service -- Patronage and Corruption -- Difficulties in Acquiring New Funding Sources -- Exploring Potential Through Internationalisation -- The Impact of a Weak Infrastructure -- Democratic Practices and Processes? -- Asymmetric Relationships Between Universities -- The Impact of Uneven Provision -- What Kinds of Values Are Needed for the Future? -- Fundamental Student Values and Attributes -- Staff as Conduits of Desirable Values and Attributes -- The Proposal of a New Discourse -- The Struggle for Better Quality and Standards -- Teaching -- Research -- Performance Accountability -- The Immediate Effects of Covid-19 -- Summing Up -- References. ; 7: "…A Dichotomy Between Two Values" (Openshaw and Walshaw, 2019) -- Reflections -- Towards a Better Future -- References -- References -- Index.
• Titolo autorizzato: The history of higher education in Thailand
• ISBN: 3-030-79076-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910506404103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Palgrave studies in excellence and equity in global education.